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This group is for fans of the punk band Bad Religion. Fronted by Greg Graffin, this band has been around since 1980. Graffin is a Life Science teacher at UCLA and has a Phd from Cornell University.See More

"I've been attending perhaps 2-3 per year, each, of two local meetings that always happen on the same day of the month, here. I forget, at the moment, exactly what either is called: Humanists and Skeptics. Shoot me your email privately and I…"

This group is for fans of the punk band Bad Religion. Fronted by Greg Graffin, this band has been around since 1980. Graffin is a Life Science teacher at UCLA and has a Phd from Cornell University.See More

That's right, this clown has simply misrepresented the most eminent geologist of the 19th century, and derogated his life's work to a mere "silly assumption". Lyell initially trained as a lawyer, but began his career as a geologist in his early 20s, and by the time he was 30 he was a full-time geologist at a time when there was little institutional support for the discipline. Since Dr Ron Carlson, before he was 2, wore diapers, by the same reasoning we can now address him as "Diaper Wearer Ron Carlson". As for the claim that Lyell was an atheist who invented uniformitarianism to prop up the theory of evolution is absolute nonsense. Lyell was not an atheist at all, came up with his ideas long before Darwin, and at first equivocated and then offered only tentative support to the idea of the modification of species.

As for Dr Ron Carlson, to whose name the title "Dr" seems surgically grafted, I haven't been able to find out what his degree might be in, or where he got it from. Somehow, I don't think it was in geology.

hi Mike, thanks a lot for your 'report'. BR seems to be in peak form these days. Just stumbled upon some very cool photos: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Bad+Religion&s=rec ....pics by Charline Messa, Sao Paulo, Gas Festival)

hi Mike, thanks for your reply. Yeah, there are some good bands here in Europe: Sweden, Spain, and Germany do have some cool punk (hc and mc) bands that I know of, but they are hardly played on local radio stations or on TV. I receive only one TV music channel which mostly sucks (only gangsta/misogyny hiphop, chart shows, and youngster emopop like Tokyo Hotel, maybe you and your daughter have already heard of them). 'Bullet' I don't yet know (but thanks to you I'll look for them). Big punkbands in/from Germany are: Die Toten Hosen, Die Ärzte (funlyrics), The Beatsteaks etc. But I like some Swedish bands better like No fun at all, Randy, TINC etc. The Hives are cool two. And please do post a review of the SFconcert. I'm very inquisitive!!! P.S. And like Agent Chaos just mentioned my friends I hang out with suck as well, they all hate punk. So, these BR groups + their members are extremely cooool!!!

Oh ok. Awesome. I hope to see them live someday. My friends I hang out with suck. Either they never heard of Bad Religion, or they just don't like them. So hopefully I'll make some new friends that like BR.

California's a big state! We do have some great bands; too bad most of them are at least a six hour drive away from where I live (Monterey Bay). Usually I have to drive to San Francisco to see a decent concert; at least that's only two hours away.

Seems like there are lots of great bands in Europe; I especially like Bullet For My Valentine (say them at Taste of Chaos earlier this summer) and The Hives. Do you have any favorite European bands?

hi Mike, thanks for your reply! Just looked for X on myspace + listened to their songs. I like them! Enjoy the gig! Californians are privileged: all the cool punk bands + BR. At least Germany seems to be one of BR's frequented countries, so I can't complain. Have a nice day!